Improvement in flat-irons



F. STERZING.

Flat-Iron.

N0. 168,800. PatentedOct-ILI875.

w I m 26 UNITED S'ra'rns PATENT OFFICE.

FRED STERZING, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLAT-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,800, dated October11, 1875; application filed September 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED STERZING, of Austin,in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Reversible Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification, and in which t Figure l is a longitudinal verticalsection. Fig. 2 is a cross-section, after the line indicated by w w inFig. 1. Fig.3 is a top plan of the lamp or heater; and Fig. 4 is a sideview of the handle used in removing or inserting the lamp. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

This invention consists in the combination of a reversible sad-iron withan i n terior removable lamp or heater, substantially as and for thepurpose hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

A is the body of the sad-iron, which is hollow, and has a series ofperforations or draftholes, a, pierced through the walls along the upperand lower edges. 1) is a projecting flange 0r shelf, arranged midwayupon the interior walls, and extending through the entire length of thebody A. B is the handle, which is pivoted at c tothe front and back partof body. 0 is the lamp, so shaped that it will fit readily into thehollow body'of the sadiron, resting upon the shelf 11. This lamp has oneor more burners, d, and has a series of tubes, 6, passing verticallythrough it from the upper to the lower side. t is secured by arms orbrackets to the vertical shield D, which, when the lamp is inserted intothe iron, will cover and close one-half of the rear opening. E is aremovable door or shield, which covers the other half of the rearopening, so that when the lamp is inserted and the shield E is in place,the rear opening is completely closed.

The handle represented in Fig. 4, consists of a hook, g, fender or guardh, and the fingerpiece z. The book g is inserted through an opening inthe lamp-shield D, the fender habutting upon its outside, so as to holdthe lamp at a suitable distance from the fingers, whenever it is desiredto insert or remove it. 70 is a pin, passing through a perforation inthe handle, and a corresponding perforation in the back part of the bodyof the iron, for the purpose of keeping the handle in its proper uprightposition in its relation to the body of the iron. at are guards, one onthe upper and one in the lower rims of the iron, on the outside, for thepurpose of preventing dust or soot, that might escape fromthedraft-tubes a, from soiling the fabrics during the process of ironing.

The manner of using this invention will be readily understood from theforegoing description. The lamp, being lighted, is inserted upon theshelf b, under one of the faces of the iron. \Vhen this is sufficientlyhot, the lamp is removed, the body reversed, and the lamp again insertedunder the other face.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States The combination of the hollowreversible sadiron A, having the interior shelf 1), with the removablelamp 0, having shield D, and burners d, substantially as and for thepurpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- FRED STERZING.

Witnesses r J. W. STALNAKER, I. H. BURNS.

